2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[woocasz]

Hamilton had managed to build a 0.4s lead over Russell coming out of Turn 7, but then he fell back and even made a couple of mistakes on his final lap, which saw the McLaren cars overtake him as well.

we all know that Ferrari is losing big time on straights (+0,5s) so this new (more powerful engine) cant come soon enough...

[F1NAC]

Hamilton had managed to build a 0.4s lead over Russell coming out of Turn 7, but then he fell back and even made a couple of mistakes on his final lap, which saw the McLaren cars overtake him as well.

we all know that Ferrari is losing big time on straights (+0,5s) so this new (more powerful engine) cant come soon enough...

It wasn’t only due to engine. Lewis made a mistake coming into hairpin and lost some valueable time

[AR3-GP]

Hamilton has won here 7 times before. Seven times. The simulator story is a red herring.

[LM10]

Hamilton could or even should have been in P3 considering the mistake he made. Despite the big power disadvantage compared to the Mercedes and McLarens or even the RedBulls - in this engine formula. What a beast this car is.

Other than the PU the SF-26 is the best car out there. Nothing has changed in this regard since the start of the season.

[PlatinumZealot]

Not quite sure how to feel about that. Lewis kinda messed up his Q3…but Mercedes are out of reach

Yeah Lewis was up on everyone after S2. S3 was always going to be weaker but the wide moment at the hairpin cost him a bunch of time - will be interesting what he thought was possible with a clean lap.

In the whole of SQ, Lewis seemed better than leclerc who at the end was complaining about cars on prep laps stopping him get his tyres in the right window. He didn’t look at any point to have the pace yet though.

Tbh I still think a car 3 tenths off the best is reasonable progress, especially on a track with a long straight and until engine can be changed. I want more but I still think the trajectory is decent.

Yup, 0.293 secs off a Merc and 0.046 off the Mclaren both with a fair amount of upgrades this weekend on a track that doesnt really suit the Ferrari is pretty good, i expected ferrari to be much further off this weekend

Hmm. Your positive thinking made me feel a bit better I admit... Howweeeeveerr.. This is Ferraei and they will find a way to fumble it.

[PlatinumZealot]

Hamilton has won here 7 times before. Seven times. The simulator story is a red herring.

Why do you say that though?
The simulator story emerged last week I think, and ditching the sim for this week does tie into the fact that he has won here 7 times which allows him to trust his feel more. I could see how a Ferrari similator would be something not clicking with him. Probably best to leave the sim work to Giovinazzi and zhou and then focus on tweaking in FP1.

[ToffeeTyres]

Really need more power. The car is probably the fastest through the corners you can see Ferrari gaining or ahead through them it’s the straights that are killing us deployment too maybe. You can see the differences with Merc and McLaren gaining on straights badly need that sorting and we will be in the battle for sure

[j_ste]

They just don’t have anything for the two main Mercedes teams.

I think where you see lewis’ decline are in those moments there where you have to walk the tightrope for the entire stint. Just doesn’t seem capable of avoiding the odd mistake.

[ToffeeTyres]

Hamilton under investigation for gaining an advantage when he skipped the chicane. If he gets a penalty for that it’s a joke as he lost two positions at the end of the race

[AR3-GP]

Hamilton under investigation for gaining an advantage when he skipped the chicane. If he gets a penalty for that it’s a joke as he lost two positions at the end of the race

They were on different laps. He should have conceded the position to Piastri earlier but I doubt they'll penalize him now.

[ScuderiaLeo]

Does anyone know what they were discussing on Leclerc's radio with the power? They kept talking about something failing (or "failed"? unsure) but my audio quality was poor.

[Emag]

Does anyone know what they were discussing on Leclerc's radio with the power? They kept talking about something failing (or "failed"? unsure) but my audio quality was poor.

Didn't Leclerc drop slightly back momentarily? Maybe there was some sort of issue that was resolved and allowed him to close back up in the end.

[AR3-GP]

Leclerc cannot wait to get back to Monaco. Just no pace really. I doubt he's looking forward to a wet race here either.

[Macklaren]

Any idea if they went for more of a wet setup than others?

[AR3-GP]

Hamilton is under investigation for impeding Gasly.